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Bereaved of house and home!

Whither, O Zeus, can any turn for help?

Antistrophe V

Chor. Ah, my fond heart is quivering in dismay,

[*]Hearing this loud lament most lamentable:

Now have I little cheer,

And blackened is my heart,

[*]Hearing that speech; but then again when hope

[*]On strength uplifts me, far it drives my grief,